Penn promises park

09/09/2015 09:56AM
● By J. Chambless

By Nancy JohnsonCorrespondent

“It’s a done deal!” said Curtis
Mason by phone on Sept. 4. “Penn is going to have its own field of
dreams.”

For months, Penn Township’s Board of
Supervisors and township solicitor Sam McMichael have been
negotiating with Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) to purchase a 43-acre tract
which sits along Jennersville Road near the Route 1 Bypass.
Settlement is tentatively scheduled by the end of the month.

“It’s an incredible location,”
Mason said. “Easy access, with the bypass right there, and it abuts
agricultural land; not residential.” He explained that in seeking a
location for an active park, it was very important that the site be
appropriate for lighted fields. “You can’t have baseball fields
without lights,” he said. “You won’t be able to get enough use
out of them just in the daylight hours.”

While six to eight playing fields will
be an important part of the park, there will be plenty of room for
other activities, including walking and biking.

“I’ve been trying for 15 years to
buy that piece of property,” Mason said. “Now we can fulfill a
promise we made to the kids of this township.”